Jesus made it pretty clear about what is really important in life: Love God, love others (Matthew 22:37-39).
As a result, we're trying a new concept in our small group this semester. Instead of meeting every week to go through the study "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan (a great study), we meet one week and then the following week, we go and serve and try to help someone in our church. On Wednesday, we had a crew that trimmed bushes and raked up acorns (a major fall hazard when you're in your 80's) at the home of a senior adult couple in our church while a couple more of us went to the home of another senior adult to clear out a clogged downspout. Not major projects, but certainly things that folks in their 70's and 80's shouldn't be attempting.
The idea to strategically add the service component to our small group came out of a desire by our guys to "do some good", to "help somebody", to "be the church"; to love God and love others. But some unexpected byproducts of this approach are taking place: the guys in the group are getting to know each other in a different context; needs are being meet; and intergenerational connections are being made as the guys in my small group (most in their mid-late 20's) are meeting senior adults in our church that they might otherwise have never had the opportunity to interact with.
As a result, we're trying a new concept in our small group this semester. Instead of meeting every week to go through the study "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan (a great study), we meet one week and then the following week, we go and serve and try to help someone in our church. On Wednesday, we had a crew that trimmed bushes and raked up acorns (a major fall hazard when you're in your 80's) at the home of a senior adult couple in our church while a couple more of us went to the home of another senior adult to clear out a clogged downspout. Not major projects, but certainly things that folks in their 70's and 80's shouldn't be attempting.
The idea to strategically add the service component to our small group came out of a desire by our guys to "do some good", to "help somebody", to "be the church"; to love God and love others. But some unexpected byproducts of this approach are taking place: the guys in the group are getting to know each other in a different context; needs are being meet; and intergenerational connections are being made as the guys in my small group (most in their mid-late 20's) are meeting senior adults in our church that they might otherwise have never had the opportunity to interact with.
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